She is now an Assistant Coach at Missouri but spent two years on Coach Jo’s staff at UVA

entitled parents of entitled players stirring things up at UVa.

But I think he did break the issue on baseball coach Karl Kuhn which eventually to be turned out to be legit. Personally, I have had nothing but positive interaction with Joanna Hardin and I know Coach Pete has a great relationship with her. I certainly hope none of these allegations are true.

Not sure about the "abuse" part though.

He has contacted me a couple times over the years, as I believe one group of parents from even before my kid played there, is still complaining. I'll tell you what I told him. This has not been our experience, and we've not even heard anything like this. Yes, there are kids who don't play who think they should, (can't believe this is still a thing at a P4 school, but it is) but the reality is the most deserving kids play. This will go nowhere since it seems to be a group of disgruntled parents whose kids didn't get to play much. If it's the players I believe it is, then they should have transferred down or somewhere else. Playing at the P4 level is an honor and a privilege, and the student-athletes need to see it that way. It is essentially a job - it's not baby travel or high school or daddy ball - you are getting a great education for either nothing or pennies on the dollar. If you don't like it and think you're better than what they think, surely another school will take you. The facts is, that you don't see kids transferring out of UVa hardly at all. Heck, one kid in my daughter's class has "'Hoos" tattooed to the bottom inside of her lip!! 99.9% of the kids enjoy their time. There were kids there not even on scholarship who don't play and stick it out because they enjoyed the team, the comaraderie, and the sport. So, bottom line from my perspective at least, is that it's a group of maybe 2-3 parents who still think their kids are better than they are.

"My first reach-out regarding the allegations was to a high school friend whose daughter played for four years for Hardin at UVA. "The word back from him: his daughter had a great experience, and she remains close friends with several teammates. "I’d also reached out to my high school buddy back in 2023, back when I received an anonymous email from someone claiming to be close to the program raising similar issues with Hardin’s treatment of players." ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm glad to hear there was no substance to the allegations.

I think we all kind of thought along those lines even with Graham trying to make it a more widespread UVA issue with Kuhn and the swimming coach. It also seems that Graham may have his own ax to grind with UVA over his press box and press row treatment. Finally, feel good stories do not sell papers like alleged scandals and the AFP can likely use all the circulation it can get.

section behind home plate. It would seem that are many other more important things to be concerned about - like why there aren't enough UVa fans showing up to fill that specific section.